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-   -   Is the BRZ Windshield softer than other glass? (https://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=93884)

Hachi_d00d 09-07-2015 09:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Jfheisenberg (Post 2376808)
Prepare yourself to deal with the same store with the paint on these cars. If you dont have any sort of clear bra you will start getting road rash easily on the bumper and front end.

The twins are awesome cars, but one of their weak points is their fragile exterior.

Nah i dont have a clear bra, figure when it gets unbearable to look at ill do something about it. Until then just going to be careful and just drive the car! You use anything to protect the paint?

Jfheisenberg 09-07-2015 10:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Hachi_d00d (Post 2382954)
Nah i dont have a clear bra, figure when it gets unbearable to look at ill do something about it. Until then just going to be careful and just drive the car! You use anything to protect the paint?

I highly recommend you protect the paint with sonax polymer net shield

Hachi_d00d 09-07-2015 10:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Jfheisenberg (Post 2382975)
I highly recommend you protect the paint with sonax polymer net shield

Cool ill look into it :thumbsup:

Thehermdawg 09-08-2015 02:30 AM

I cracked 2 windshields in 2 weeks. I think it's just the cars so low. With that said, I'm not sure the glass is softer, but I think it's more noticeable because it takes 99.9% of road abuse.

br_z1Lch 09-14-2015 03:05 PM

I've replaced 2 windshields in my 2013 BRZ. Both were from highway driving, but nothing out of the ordinary. I think that the aero of the car is causing rocks to be driven into the windshield differently than the other cars I've had. I also feel like the shape of the windshield is prone to actual cracking, rather than just pitting. I've seen both happen on the windshield. I was able to fix one big pit, but the other cracked almost all the way across before I really even knew what happened.

microbionic 09-14-2015 03:43 PM

Ive also had two replacements from highway driving, once from a 18 wheeler dropping some rocks, another from a wind storm picking up rocks and throwing them at the car.....

yip 09-05-2016 04:58 AM

I'm calling BS on the height or angle of the windshield making it more susceptible to chipping.

I've had my car 9 months now and the windshield looks like it was sand blasted. I've owned over a dozen lowered cars (much lower than my FRS) and NONE of them have ever shown anywhere near the amount of chipping with 3-4x the mileage.

While I am on my rant I'll have to throw in that the paint quality is also terrible and looks like it's 10 years old and not 2 years old. I thought nothing could be worse than my Mitsubishi but I was wrong.

My 8 year old Audi TT that has sat outside it's whole life doesn't show even a 1/4 of the wear that the exterior of my FRS is already showing at less than 2 years old.


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